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J WEISBAUM METHOD OFMANUFACTURING NECKTIES Filed Dec. 30, 1942 June 19,1945.

June 19, 1945. J. WEISBAUM A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEGKTIES Filed Dec.30, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JHCK. WE/SBH u/ INVENTOR.

Patented June 19, 19 45 I UNITED],- STAT METHOD OF MANUFACTURINGNECKTIES v I Jack'Weisbanm, Cincinnati, Ohio Application December 30,1942, Serial No. 470,603 I 1 Claim. ('01. 2-146) 1 My invention relatesspecifically to an improved. method of manufacturing neckties inaccordance" with my;;Patent No. 2,051,322, reissued under N0. Re.20,942, and particularly in accordance with theprocesssetforth in myPatent No. 2,131,545.

. Broadly, my invention relates to the manufac tureof any'folded ties inwhichthe tie blanks.

arepre-creased or embossed along lines'of fold prior to assembly.

In my Patent No. 2,051,322, (now reissued as Patent N0.-Re. 20,942), Ihave set forth a particular type of folded tie in which foursubstantially evenwidths of material form the body of the tie'with tworaw edges extending adjacent one edge-of the tie. and with a side seamalong the other, edgejspaced inwardlyfrom the other edge of the tieadjacent which thefolded edge is aligned..;

,To hold-the foldslof 'such'type of tie together as disclosed in mypatent heretofore referred to, spaced apart stitches or bar tacks extendthrough the edgeof the back fold and through'the body of an inwardlyextended foldedwhich' forms a continuation of the front surface of'thetie.

"Prior-to my invention as set forth herein, it

had beencustomary to. have these bar tackingstitchesinserted by hand.Now, in order to imprpvethaqualityof;production, and at the same time toconserve labor and minimize the hand work;' my1pres'ent' inventionrelates to a plan of arranging the precreased blanks for the tie so isapplicable to various types of ties other than full four-fold ties.

It is an object of my invention to take advantage of my method ofpre-creasing tie blanks,

as set forth in my Patent No. 2,131,545, by using certain crease linesas spacing guides for insuring proper spacing of the folds of the tie.

Referring to the drawings in which I have illus trated the various stepsof manufacture in accordance with my invention:

Figure 1 is a' plan view of a necktie blank suitable for assembly into atie of the type shown in my Reissue, Patent No. 20,942.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tie blank after the first foldingoperation has been completed.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank after the bar tacking stitches havebeen inserted.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale as would appear iftaken along the lines indicated by the arrows 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale as would'appear iftaken along the lines 5-5 in Figure 3. n g

Figure 6 is a front'elevation of a type of mechanism adapted for turningthe tie blank inside Figure 7 is a front elevation'of a tie partly reversed illustrating the method of pulling the tie inside out. I I

Figure 8'is a rear elevation of the completely assembled tie. I p

Figure 9 is an enlarged sectional view as would appear if taken alongthe lines 9 9 of Figure8.

Figure '10 is an enlarged sectional'view as would along the lines I0'-l0of Fig- The tie blank is then creased or embossed along the lines 'ab,cdand ef.

Ordinarily in such tie blanks surface of the material and a backsurface. Fig. 1 the back surface l' of the tie is indicated; while inFig. 2, the front surface 2 of the tie appears. A

The tie is divided as is-shown by the linesdb, cd and ef; into fourarticulated folds, the area between the fold lines ab, cd forming thefront fold'of the tie. In Fig. 1 this area, is of course, the insidesurface.

In (assembling) the tie the flap indicated at X in Fig. 1, is foldedalong the line ef. The blank is then reversed in position on the tablewith the outer surface uppermost. The fold BI is then posithere is afront:

, tioned in alignment with the crease line ab, but

while the lines ef and ab are parallel, the'fold ef is spaced toward theraw edge of the flap indicated at Y in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Through the use of the invention described in U. S. Letters Patent No.2,131,545, the creased line ab which determines one edge of the finishedtie becomes the guide for the bar tack machine operation in positioningthe fold ef with relation to the raw. edge of the flap Y. By this means,the shape of the tie is predetermined, and the inward spacing of theback fold ef from the fold ab is determined in conformity with thestructural advantages of the tie as shown in my U. S. Letters Patent Re.No. 20,942.

With the blank folded as shown in Fig. 2, the blank is then fed througha bar tacking machine which inserts bar tack stitches as shown at W In iin Fig. 3, it being a simple procedure to align the positioning of thestitches with the indicating notches shown at Z, which may be cut in theblank at the time it is originally cut or with other types of markingswhich may be put on the blanks as they are taken from the cutting table.Even without notches or other types of marking an operator soon learnsto use the crease line ab as a, guide and position it a fixed distancefrom. the crease line e and afixed dis-.- tance from, the raw edge ofthe flap Y. Also, the positioning of the raw edge a fixed spaceddistance from the crease line cd may assist as a guide for thepositioning of the folds for bar tacking.

It will be observed that the bar tack stitches W form little loopsextending through the folded edge along the line of and through thefabric of the flap Y spaced inwardly or toward the raw edge from thecrease line ab.

Instead of the usual time 'for inserting hand bar tacks, a bartacking'machine will insert all the bar tacks in. a matter of seconds sothat this hand labor is made unnecessary.

' In Fig.5 I have shown a machine ,for turning a necktie blank insideout. Such machines are common in the industry. On a mounting pan-e1 3-,a tube 4 is secured with a rod 5 extending through bearings 6, somounted that the rod will, upon. being dropped, pull the fabric of thetie inside out, to the position shown in Fig. 6.

While the dimensions of the machine for turning the-tie blanks insideoutmay be such as to completely perform the inside-out turning operation,ordinarily the operator removes the partially turned ,tie in theposition shown in Fig. 7, and by a simple manipulation completes theturning operation.

A machine such as is illustrated in Fig. 6 is shown in theUnited StatesPatent No. 2,119,266, to Chester, and I claim no invention in thismachine for turning tie blanks inside-out.

The tie, after being turned inside-out, appears as shown in the rearelevation in Fig. 8. The

front surface 2 which forms the exposure portion ofthe ,tie is thatportion between the lines ab, cd-,-articulated and lying against theexposure portion and is the flap Y. Then come the two folds formedv byfolding the flaps X and W together with the edge formed by the creaseline ef secured to the flap Y by the spaced bar tack stitches W.

In the manufacture of a tie in accordance with my invention, the bartack loops ordinarily consist of parallel series of loops of thread. Ifa series of stitches, extending lineally crosswise of the tie, is placedthrough the fabric, then when the'tie is turned, the stitches will pulland cause distortion of the fabric.

.In actual practice the spacing of the folded edge along the line ef'.from the-(crease. li e ab varies, depending upon the particular positi nin which the bar tack stitch is inserted and upon the model of the tiedesired. s "It'will be understood, however, that the specificdescription of the assembly of this blank is with respect to aparticular design of tie, such as is shown in my Reissue Patent No.20,942. In this type of tie it is particularly important that the rearfolded edge be spaced inwardly from the edge of the front fold as per myLetters Patent Reissue Patent NO.'20,94:2.

Ordinarily after the tie is assembled, bar tacked and then turnedinside-out, the tie is given a final pressing to overcome wrinklingcaused in the turning operation; this final pressing is simplified whenthe ties; are precreased or embossed, as shown in my Patent No.2,131,545, as the shape has been predetermined.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat cut is:

A. method of making a bar tack side seam four-fold tie of the characterspecified, which consists in providing a blank having three precreasedfold lines extending substantially throughout the length of the blankdividing the tie lengthwise into four flaps, each of substantially thewidth of the tie, folding over a side flap to form an edge fold betweensaid side fiap and a contiguous flap and positioning the line of thefolded edge so that it lies substantially in alignment with thepre-oreased fold line of the opposite side flap,- inserting spacedmachine bar tack. stitches each extending through the outer flap of theblank and. both layers forming the edge fold and then pulling an end ofthe blank through the tubular formation formed by the bar tack stitchesto turn the blank inside out.

JACK WEISBAUM.

